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From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com>,
	"m p" <sumirati@yahoo.de>,
	"FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject: RE: Multi-processor Support
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 16:21:02 -0500
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Anthony
> Atkielski
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 8:41 AM
> To: m p; FreeBSD Questions
> Subject: Re: Multi-processor Support
>
> > Next question to you, Anthony, have you ever done
> > an upgrade from an uniprocessor to a multiprocessor
> > kernel with Windows NT?
>
> No.  I always install on the type of configuration targeted for
> definitive use,
> so if it's going to be a multiprocessor system, I make sure it has two
> processors (at least) at the time of installation.  Changing to or from a
> uniprocessor configuration is risky in any system once it moves
> to production.

	A simple kernel recompile with two additional options is suddenly "risky" ?

	Umm, okay...  Not to beat a dead horse, but I know that with NT you're
looking at a full-fledged reinstall since the upgrade to get SMP working
generally destroys the usability of the system.  It's different on this side
of the fence.

--- Andy


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